Did the Pirates trade for Brian or James McCann? Because every time Tony Watson pitches, I feel butt sore and shake my head questioning, “Watson McCann?” And then I soothe the irritation with some aloe Rivero. Before yesterday’s 2nd meltdown by Watson in two games (1 IP, 2 ER, and yet another blown save), C**nt Hurdle said Watson will remain the closer. This is like when you have pimples in high school and you go to your dad, and he’s like, “Everyone’s got pimples at your age, I’m not paying for you to get rid of them, you’ll be fine.” Then you go into your closet and chew on your 4-year-old baseball card gum until your mom comes into the closet and tells you she’ll take you to the doctor, using her bingo winnings she’s saved. I don’t want a vote of confidence for Watson, I want mom to talk to C**nt! I’d continue to hold Felipe Rivero (1 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 0.58), it’s only a matter of time. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:

Jose Osuna – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer. Kuhl, Kuhl, but let’s talk about what’s on my mind. Josh Bell went 0-for-3, hitting .218, and is in a tailspin. Can we guess why Bell’s sucking up the air and farting out dust? Here’s a guess, every time Bell plays, he’s removed for a freakin’ pinch hitter! Don’t you think that might affect his confidence just a tad? Good ol” C**nt.

Wade Miley – 2 2/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA up to 3.27. Geez, Miley had been good all year with a sub-3 ERA, then gets a cakewalk vs. the Pirates at home and looks terrible. Wonder what happened? I’ll clue you in, Colonel Mustard. I started Miley in my NFBC league for the first time all year. See Merrifield’s hitting streak coming to a crashing halt for further reading on this.

Adam Jones – 1-for-5 and his 11th homer. He must be happy to be back in Baltimore and out of those other racist cities. Nothing racist about Baltimore, said Adnan Syed, Freddie Gray, The Keepers and David Simon.

Trey Mancini – 2-for-2, 5 RBIs and two homers (8, 9) after he entered the game in the 9th inning. Two homers, Trey? Cuatro, cinco, say, Trey, that’s dos.

Rick Porcello – 6 1/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA up to 4.46. He’s actually pitching about as well as last year when he won the Cy Young. Unfortunately, he didn’t pitch well enough to win the Cy Young last year. Hence, the disconnect. I hear from someone who’s been in a coma since March that Porcello may not be as good as last year, but he’ll get wins. Yeah, his record is 3-8, Comatose Porcello Fan.

CC Sabathia – 8 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.66. Since we’re on the subject, CC’s actually having a Porcello 2016-type season. He moved his record to 7-2 and, with some good luck, he could win a crapton of games while not pitching all that well. At no point did I say he will, just that he might. Don’t believe me, check ownership of Porcello last year in June. I bet he was owned in less than 50% of leagues.

Sean Newcomb – Will make his MLB debut on Saturday. His control is wonky, then wonky takes his control to court and asks it rescind its statement because it’s libelous to the word wonky. That’s how wonky it is! He had a 5+ BB/9 in the minors. What’s that in the majors? 7+? Newcomb’s 23 years old — I hate to see what the old comb looks like? *Groucho Marx cigar wagging* — so this looks more like a promotion of a guy that may never figure things out, and the Braves are just throwing him to the wolves. I’m not even messing with him in an NL-Only league yet.

Mike Foltynewicz – 7 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.48. Love to see a start between Foltynewicz and Asher Wojciechowski. First time ever a scorekeeper will go postal. “Hey, why’s the scorekeeper acting like Michael Douglas in Falling Down?”

Dansby Swanson – 3-for-4, 3 runs, 3 RBIs and his 6th homer, hitting .205. Dansby’s busting so bad he hasn’t even been playing every day. Busta bust! Yeah, I tried to tell people to stay away from him in the preseason, but that likely wasn’t an issue since everyone had drafted Odor by then. Oopsie!

Nick Markakis – 3-for-5, 1 run, 5 RBIs, hitting .289, as he sits on one homer on the year. Am I the only that thinks Markakis used to do PEDs and stopped suddenly? Ya know, cause his homers went from 25 to 3 per season.

Scott Schebler – 3-for-3, 2 runs and his 17th homer. Damn, just came back from shoulder injury and right back at it, locked in like Jodie Foster in Panic Room. Guys and five girls, he’s on pace for 45 homers. El oh what the eff.

Joey Votto – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 15th homer. Go ahead, try to keep up to Schebler. Like LMFAO sung, “Everyday he be Schebler’ing!”

Zack Wheeler – 7 IP, 1 ER, 9 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.45. The good news is that Wheeler looks solid. The great news is this means Syndergaard and deGrom will be good again in 2019.

Jay Bruce – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 14th and 15th homer, hitting .250. *looks at watch to see if it’s post-All Star break yet* You got about a month left, Bruce.

Adrian Beltre – Rangers said he could need a DL stint. What a crock of hooey. Of course, he needs a DL stint, he’s in a walking boot!

Justin Turner – Injury is no longer a problem, and he says he’s ready. I don’t know, to me he looks more gingerbready! C’mon, high five me! That was good! No? Okay. We’ll chat later.

Kenta Maeda – Sent to the bullpen with the return of Wood. Maeda will likely start again in a week or two, but there’s very few leagues where I’d hold him. I dropped him in a 12-team mixed league about two weeks ago, and haven’t looked back, which I’ve said about five times so maybe I’ve looked back. These are not matters of your concern.

Corey Seager – 1-for-4 and his 8th homer, hitting .274. I ranked him much lower than most ‘perts, but I likely didn’t push people away from him as much as I should’ve. If he’s not hitting .320, he does so little else.

Ryan Zimmerman – 1-for-4 and his 17th homer, hitting .362. I still think it’s all going to fall apart at some point for Zimmerman, but, I will say this, you got a whole season’s worth of Zimmerman in two-plus months so even if he goes down now, you can’t be mad at it.

Matt Garza – Hit the DL after colliding with Jesus Aguilar. Coming up next on Fox, when come-to-Jesus moments go wrong!

Jonathan Villar – 2-for-4 and his 6th homer. He has a pretty far way to go back to respectable, but I wouldn’t bet much against it happening. It’s hard to keep a guy who stole 60+ bases last year from getting at least some fantasy value.

Domingo Santana – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 11th homer. Now has five homers in the last ten games, hitting near-.350 in the last week, and you can wait until Friday for him in the Buy column, or you can go with the Lord and take Sunday off the table.

Buck Farmer – 6 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 0.00 (in two games) vs. Alex Meyer – 6 IP, 0 ER, 7 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 4.08. Both of these teams are two of my favorites to stream against (Meyer’s the Angels, in case you didn’t know; he goes by the nickname, Weinerdog. Oh, and Buck Farmer is the Red State Porn Star of the Tigers. Can someone get me out of this parenthesis?) Thanks! Farmer and Meyer are two guys I’d stream in their next starts too. Look at that, actionable advice!

Mike Zunino – 2-for-3, 3 runs, 3 RBIs and his 3rd and 4th homers, three homers in four games. You ever have this happen? I picked up Zunino for Thursday, and now that he homered twice yesterday, I no longer think he’s going to homer on Thursday.

Kyle Seager – 1-for-3 and his 7th homer, and 2nd homer in as many games. Well, it took about 60 games, but Seager looks like he’s finally started the season.

Zack Greinke – 5 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA up to 3.20. This game came against the Padres, so against a major league offense it would’ve been 4 IP, 5 ER. Greinke’s peripherals still say he’s having a Cy Young-type year, but can’t say I’m unconcerned.

Brandon Drury – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 5th homer. I’ve been waiting for this guy to get hot, but he’s hitting barely .200 over the last week, so I’m not sure it’s here yet. I am cyclops’ing him.

John Lackey – 6 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 5.12. No foolsies, I could pick up a random Rockies starter and have a better chance at a Quality Start than Lackey.

Ian Happ – 1-for-4, 2 runs and his 5th homer. Let’s see, he hit two homers and was benched for two straight games, so what happens now? Is he benched for only one game after a one-homer game or is he benched for three games?

Kyle Schwarber – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 10th homer. You know what narrative Maddon’s prolly following now, right? Schwarber started hitting in the nine-hole, so I’m keeping him down there! Damn if you do, damned if you don’t is Schwarber’s problem now.

Brad Miller – Hit the DL again with a groin strain, but this time it feels like a Disgraceful List trip. Though, I should likely watch how much I’m feeling another man’s groin.

Jacob Faria – 6 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 5 Ks in his first major league start. Good news is he looked terrific. Bad news is I don’t want to drop him. I like to leave four interchangeable spots on my roster like I enjoy having four extra inches of elastic on my boxers in case I want an extra helping of ice cream. Hey, Faria, don’t deprive me of dessert! Now it’ll be up to the Rays if they replace Faria or Erasmo in their rotation with Andriese next week. My guess is they keep Faria up, but hard to say. Stream-o-Nator hates his next start, and I might drop him anyway in my 12-team mixed league.

Justin Smoak – 3-for-5 and his 16th and 17th homers, hitting .291. “Gonna miss part of my fantasy baseball draft. I have a pottery class until 8 PM. My mom and I are gonna do a Swayze/Demi with a vase. It’s prolly okay, I only need to draft players in the last 5 rounds and/or grab players off waivers.” In June, that person is not as crazy as they sounded in March. Plus, they got a vase out of it!

Kevin Pillar – 1-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 8th homer. Must be his new launch angle! Have you heard about this? This is the new saber shiny toy — launch angle. Not to sound too much like Murray Chass, but I’m already sick of this narrative. Pillar hit a home run; he could hit more; he’s not suddenly a 30-homer hitter because he has a new launch angle; semi-colons are fun.

Josh Donaldson – 1-for-2, 2 RBIs and his 7th homer. I’d still be looking to sell Donaldson. He’s returned, and stayed on the field, but I don’t trust him as far as I can throw him, and, while I do chain workouts every day, I can’t throw him very far.

Francisco Liriano – 5 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 5.87 vs. Jharel Cotton – 6 IP, 4 ER, 8 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 5.20. If someone in your league owns one of these two guys, send them an email that reads, “Why?” And when they respond, “Why what?” Never respond to them again, they don’t deserve it.

Rajai Davis – 4-for-5, 4 runs, hitting .216. The King of SAGNOF has only 8 steals and 4 times caught on the year. I wonder if that’s why steals are low this year. Morale is down for stealing, due to The King of SAGNOF. It’s like when King George III stopped stealing and Britain lost the U.S.

Mike Clevinger – Optioned to the minors. I don’t like Clevinger, but tough noogs to get demoted due to a Coors start. Indians don’t need a fifth starter until June 17th, so Clevinger could return then or Salazar. Like a goldfish, I wait with bated breath.

Ian Desmond – 3-for-5, 2 runs, 1 RBI and his 3rd steal. Something I mentioned on this week’s podcast and in a roundup last week, the Rockies are dead last for steals in the majors. Well, were dead last. In the last few days, the Rockies have been running more, even after a steal took out Parra (though, if it wasn’t a steal, it would’ve been me pulling a Gillooly to get Desmond back in the lineup).

@HarperBetterThanTrout: Votto over Thames. Depends on how many teams are in your league to help value Verlander and Hendricks. They have name value but have not been pitching well.
2. This is needs based trade, a Bat or a SP that I would start everytime. If I had Archer and Smoak, LOMO, type is on the wire, I’d keep Archer.

C**nt Hurdle is a piece of work. Gotta love his stubborness and decision making ability. I am a Bucs fan / Rivero owner. Hurlde sticking with Watson is beyond foolish. Hurdle has not only cost us wins, he has killed watson’s trade value. Watson was the O’s MVP of the series.

Before the game C**nt indirectly compared rivero to andrew miller and said the team is better served not using their best RP as closer. That argument makes no sense. The indians have Allen. Who do the pirates have besides rivero? How about winning some ball games first? And since watson came into the 9th with a 4 run lead and 2 guys on, why wasn’t their best RP out there for that situation (highest leverage situation of the game)? C**nt contradicted himself. Maybe C**nt should talk to Jeff BanASSter and ask him if he should’ve stuck with Dyson for so long. Do you think the Rangers could now use 7-10 more wins that dyson cost them since Houston is running away with division and a wildcard is the Rangers only chance to make the playoffs?

@Scott: I too am a big Pirates fan, Scott. Hurdle needs to be put out to pasture.

I wouldn’t be so certain that Rivero gets the closer nod. It would not surprise me to see Nicasio get a crack at it and keep Rivero in the Miller/Betances role. Of course, this is just a gut feeling that I have. Rivero could get the promotion by the time you read this…

What i don’t get is why they have such a long leash. Get watson right in low leverage to trade him so he doesn’t cost you ballgames. The phillies said neshek would have got the next save b/c the manager said he didn’t like how neris splitter looked. Neris has not been great but his number aren’t that bad. 3.42 era, 1.25 whip 29k over 25 innings. I own neris and he is going to get replaced and probably does not deserve it. Meanwhile i own rivero and the his manager refuses to use his best pitcher when the game matters most.

@Scott: I believe that the call to keep Watson in at closer could have been a front office one. Removing him from the closer role saps him of all trade value. Granted, so does sucking.

In terms of fantasy baseball, I’d like Rivero to get the job, but as a fan of the team, I would not mind keeping Rivero in the Andrew Miller role. Part of the problem would be without Rivero, do they even get to the point of a save situation? Simply moving him to the 9th may not do anything to fix the pen. Hudson or Nicasio should get a shot. Heck, Kuhl might even profile as a bullpen arm. They need to do something to address the bullpen, it has cost them about 4-6 games so far.

@Cram It: so hard to get those extreme top tier guys in trades. even the guys that are can’t miss and still rookies. In 2011 I offered up Adrian Gonzalez, Joel Hanrahan and one other guy, can’t remember who for Mike Trout and was turned down. Keeper league, my second year in the league, and the previous and all that year NO ONE was stashing minor leaguers… except me.. stashing Mike Trout. My team was struggling and i needed a bat. So i picked up a hot hitting Nick Markakis and dropped Trout figuring i would be able to get him back. I didn’t… and I’ve hated myself ever since.

Hope you’re wrong about Zunino, but you’re probably not. I grabbed him to use while Sal Perez is day to day, which is another reason to think he’ll go 0-for-4 today.

I’ll drop Maeda to make room for Wood coming off the DL. But I’d like to stash someone else in the Disgraced List slot. If no-one on my active roster is sent to the DL today, who’s a better player to stash between Salazar, E-Rod, Morton, Dany Duffy, Nate Jones, or Devon Travis? Not too worried about specific categories: this team (15-team, redraft roto league) is sort of evenly in the B-plus range: pretty good but not great.

Also, who is a better pick to replace Maeda in the medium-term between Rich Hill, Pommeranz, Biagini, Sabathia, or Sonny Gray?

I can’t believe I included Sabathia on that list. At least I left Wacha off it.

@enrique:
A) Salazar has the most upside, that’s what I’d use a DL-stash for
B) Sabathia – he’s lined up for pretty good matchups between now and ASB
C) By mentioning Wacha, you kinda just put him on the list

I know I’m not the only owner that that has been complaining about injuries this year, but come on. Thankfully, I’ve been able to plug holes. Below is my roster. Anyone you see that I should drop/sell? I’m currently rocking the best record in my league but wondering if I should be in panic mode with all the DTD/DL listings on my team:

@Grey: Nice. Yeah, John B. was great. Definitely would have been the most fun to shoot the s. with. Adnan could be cool to hang out with too, but then in the back of your mind you might be thinking, will I wind up in the trunk of a car? :-o

I recently took over a team in a dynasty league, i’m looking to hold a few prospects to build my team around for a run in the future, ie not too concerned with this year. So 2 questions;
Would you take Happ or Zimmer?
And any advice for young pitching? I’m holding Glasnow but sure if he’ll get the control…

This is what C. Santana does every year! Struggles first half and then explodes in the 2nd half, making everyone believe again for next year. He is not a guy you draft but trade for at mid season for half price.

I’m getting fed up with Addison Russell but I have stuck with him. Now he may not even be a full time player (alternating starts with Baez). The waiver wire is thin but thoughts on replacing him with Tim Anderson? You see him turning things around at all?

I know I need to get more starters, but my pitching staff is fun to consider the possibilities and trading options ahead.
Darvish, mad Max, Kershaw
betances, Reed, oh, Glover, Diaz, rivero, Britton, minor
Hmmm
Yes you are correct, I have to move closers in and out and predict.

@Curious George Springer:
This is roto and I am currently in 2nd (30Ks) in Ks and 5 off the pace in W column.
Overall in first. Need to make a move for SPs and am willing to sit for a week or so to see how the Closer ranks shake out.
Bring in first with those three starters – people aren’t so willing to trade. Maybe I’ll find a young gun.

@BSA70: If you’re competing in the pitching counting categories, maybe you don’t need a starter. if there’s an IP cap, you might be okay. otherwise, surely people will start streaming more and push you down in those categories.

@Earl: I am currently in 8th with 60 points so not doing particularily well but mainly due to pitching. I am last in pitching but 2nd overall in hitting. But guy I am trading with does not have great pitching so I am looking at just replacing Trout with good replacement hitting if I move him.

@Chin Music: If Rivero isn’t owned, it’s telling me this league is fairly shallow. I wager to say he will still be available once news breaks that he is named closer. At that point, yes – make the drop/add.

Please thank your parents for birthing and rearing such a pleasing and helpful young man. Incidentally, I really need an outfielder! Please Son #1, which of these Of’ers does your Grey Matter tell me I should pounce on for ROS purposes: SOUZA, TRUMBO, (Matt) HOLIDAY or GROSSMAN? P.S. I can use all those surnames in one sentence: “The spastic way you blow into your TRUMBO when you are playing SOUZA on this revered July HOLIDAY is just GROSSMAN.”

I got $100 for groceries, $1400 for liquor and $6,000 for you to bail a couple of shit puppets out of jailsays:
June 8, 2017 at 6:34 am (link)

14 team dynasty, max 3 RP slots. have watson/bush/diaz for closers. assuming don’t just drop watson now, but probably i’m guessing soon for which of: neshek (he might even be an add now over watson)/doolittle or one of the 2 ARI guys (roses/hoover, bradley owned)

I got $100 for groceries, $1400 for liquor and $6,000 for you to bail a couple of shit puppets out of jailsays:
June 8, 2017 at 6:47 am (link)

@I got […]l: don’t drop Watson until he’s officially demoted, b/c no one knows what C**nt Hurdle will do (especially him)
then Neshek if he’s still available; others are all long-shots to see many saves this year, but I’d go with Harris

I have the opportunity to get greinke I would have to give up bellinger or encarnacion I currently have them plus rizzo and pujols at first…. what is you opinion I just jumped from 12 to 6th with that same rotation!

Bellinger has cooled off considerably, how long are you holding in a 10 team h2h league? I’m pretty solid in my OF with Benny, Desmond, Stanton, Braun and in great shape at 1B with Goldy, Myers, and Freeman.
I would be dropping him for batty call/streamer spot.

Some of the top guys on the wire…
Smoak
Carlos Santana
Adams
Moncada
Domingo Santana
Enciarte
Harvey
Eduardo Rodriguez
Puig

@SMITTY: Hold Bellinger. League is adjusting to him, he will adjust as well. He is still hitting, just not as ridiculously as he was when he arrived. There’s a reason he was a top 8 prospect in all of baseball coming into the season.

It’s the top of the 10th inning. Smoak has just followed up Donaldson’s go ahead homer with his second home run. At least half of the 1000 or so left in the stands are streaming to the exits. It’s so quiet in the stadium I can actually hear the Blue Jays players and coaches congratulating Smoak in the dugout and I’m sitting in the top deck.

But the A’s chief heckler in the right field bleachers is not through. He has prepared material for Tulo and by god he’s going to use it. He dusts off an obscure reference from years ago and gives it a full throat, audible to ever remaining fan, player and coach.

Also yesterday the two guys in the taco truck got into a full wrestling match in the truck. One of them was screaming “get the fuck out, bro.” Pots and pans were falling everywhere. My girl friend goes up to the truck and yells, “HEY, can I get my tacos?” And I’ll be damned if they didn’t stop and finish the tacos.

I know the answer should be Springer. But Lamb or Springer? H2H points dynasty keep forever. Lamb has Springer by 80 points in our league. He’s got 15 more rbi’s, 10 more walks, 3 more triples, 3 steals to Springer’s 0!!! (Emphasizing the 0, not the the three to zero) Caught stealing 2x, but George caught 3x. Springer has 7 more runs, 5 more singles, 1 more homer, and 8 less strike outs. Lamb is a year younger. G-money was supposed to come up and mash 30 and steal 30, but where are the steals? Trying to decide who to keep and who to potentially trade to upgrade at SP. Or is it a wash? Great write up as always, thanks for all the time and hard work you guys put in.

@Grey: Well said. I was assuming they had built the series to slowly work up to an “It was Old Man Jenkins!” unmasking before it turned into Spotlight. The tone was masterful, though. Just wish the long ride had a more satisfying destination.

I’d drop Pablo and stash Moncada. Hitting has been a weakness as I am bottom three in HR, XBH, RBI & OBP while Pitching has been a bit of a strength as I’m top 4 in K, W, L, ERA & Whip (2nd to last in QS)

Thanks for the write-up. Just read it now, as I arrived 2 minutes ago. It’s a sight for sore eyes!

a. Crazy stories from Africa, part 1

Along the road, there are people who sit by the roadside panhandling! There are two crazy items attached to that:

1. They actually think that someone will stop and give them something. [Our security rule book says NEVER leave the convoy and NEVER stop unless it’s a BIG emergency, like having to sign up Faria before his start yesterday!]
2. People actually stop on the road and give them money!!!

b. Crazy stories from Africa, part 2

This afternoon I witnessed the craziest thing you’ll ever hear! Some kids threw rocks at mangos far up the mango tree to knock them down to the ground. The crazy thing? They then retrieve said unripe mangos and beat the hell out of them with sticks (with the skin still intact) to force the flesh into a puree!! Then they poke a hole in the skin and drink the puree with their filthy hands that they rarely if ever wash.

c. Sorry for being late to the show, Better late than never.

d. John Rambo Quote of the day for June 8

Sheriff: ‘And what about you, Colonel? What did you figure out from all of this, huh? I mean what would you have done with him if he came in? Would you wrap your arms around him to give a big sloppy kiss? Or would you have blown his brains out?

Colonel Trautman: ‘I couldn’t answer that until I met him face to face.’

Sheriff: ‘Well, there it is. Just as well we never got a chance to find out.’

Grey, I’m looking for some advice on how to weather my DL storm until August since my league only has one DL spot. Who is safe to drop at this point (DL or non-DL) and any suggestions on waivers I should target to pickup? Luckily I’m in first place by a decent margin yet due to heeding much of your pre-season rankings at draft time, but will need some help to stay there in my 10 team 6×6 H2H league. Any input is greatly appreciated!

Has Tim Anderson still got potential or is he just not very good? Can’t understand why he doesn’t steal more, no one on the Chi Sux does.

Been offered Joc and TA for Mancini in a 16 team dynasty. Sounds good on paper but right now Anderson would be essentially useless for me, with Diaz at SS (not that he’s been good), so it could basically be Joc for Mancini. Still think it’s worth doing, you soured much on Joc going forward?

I just watched all 7 seasons of mad men in about two weeks time. Glad I finally got to experience it after reading your takes on it over the years. I’ve been having more instances of brown liquor and non filter cigarettes recently.

Way easier to forgive lags and meh-ness. We power watched sons of anarchy and it was the same thing. I think all hour long shows have a lag in them. It’s hard to tell such a grand story one hour at a time especially when writing from season to season. It’s not like someone is going to write 90 episodes before ever shooting it where every scene is perfectly crafted. Take Roger Sterling, great character but also sometimes used as nothing more than comic relief. Maybe it’s me but the last season was one of my least favorites. It felt like they didn’t know how to end it. Which is sad. You have this great main character, deeply flawed emotionally and psychologically. I want to see him deal with Betty’s death. And the end, what a rip off. He sees another man cry, hugs him meditates and all is well again? Talk about cheap movie ending. For such a complex character it was bupkis. The end of season 6 when he takes his kids to his old house was a great place to move in a healing direction and they didn’t . He finally reveals his true self to his partners and children then we go back to same old fucked up don. Anydahoo I enjoyed the show but have strong feelings because it’s so fresh.

Don’t disagree, I binged Lost, and all the problems people had with it, I was fine with it b/c I watched five mins later after a bad episode where they were waiting 18 months at some points… I disliked Mad Men’s final season, honestly, I wasn’t a huge fan of the last few… It peaked around the third for me… There were moments along the way tho… Peggy Olsen is in Handmaid’s Tale and that’s solid

@Grey: I watched lost from day one and by season 4 I’m starting to fume because I knew they had no clue what they were doing. It felt obvious when JJ Abrams left the show. Then how it ended validated me and that the title of the show was really about the writers and show runner being clueless twats.

On mad men I love that my next door neighbor and one of my best friends growing up looks exactly like a taller Pete Campbell.

the fulmer/porcello comparisons further extend themself, fulmer getting porcello’d big time in that inning (the old porcello’d of getting very unlucky with singles, not the last year getting porcello’d where you get lucky as all get out and people hand you trophies for it later)

thoughts on Ben Zobrist ROS. he’s been brutal this year and sounds like he’s dealing with a possible wrist injury now. He was just dropped in my 14 team league. He a must add? I would think that whole cubs offense is a sleeping giant but who knows.

Hey Gray, I just traded away Cueto for Dozier. I was in serious need a MI with russell and Diaz playing bad. I have plenty of SP (Start 6 most weeks): Kluber, Carrasco, McCullers, Ray, Manaea, Berrios, Taillon (DL) and Teheran. Cueto just hasnt been that effective, what do you think? 12 team H2H 5X5 weekly Keep 6 forever. you think dozier picks it up, or is he just being dozier? lol

5×5 roto, 10 team. I have 83 points and 2nd place is at about 70. I’m in 1st in SB by 15 bags, and 4 runs ahead of 2nd place. So saying that would you trade a. Jones for Hamilton? I’m 4th in hr and 3rd in RBI. Not bad but don’t wanna get less since I’m way ahead I could just keep sailing until something pops up. My other of is j.d., Desmond, Gardner and souza. With Braun on do, thanks in advance man!

@Grey: I could try to do better but the team who has jones is in like 7th so he wouldn’t threaten my lead, the other teams are clumped in the 2,3 and 4th place so I don’t want them to get hammy. But he offered his a Jones for my Hamilton

I don't want to brag but i have irritable bowel syndromesays:
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@FrankGrimes: i thought belt was having a better than expected season. last year the bots loved him not so much this year. i don’t own belt anywhere (rarely last year), even though i’m in OPS/OBP leagues exclusively.

1) Did you say buy low on Darvish!? Who should I offer up to try and pry Darvish away from the team below? I asked him who he wants but no reply yet…

2) I know you advised trying to flip Owings for Samardzija a few days ago but I haven’t heard back from this team yet and if he won’t do Samardzija for Owings, which other SP would you take for Owings instead? I don’t want to sell too low on Owings and I’d rather get someone of value for him instead of dropping him since I don’t like normally having a bench bat…

3) Also do you think it’s good idea to maybe try buying low on Machado? Ideas there?

@William Hung: damn shame i only went against SON and grabbed him 2 weekends ago in one 20 teamer. but now i gotta drop at least one of farmer/hahn/andriese/volquez when andriese comes back shortly. dynasty so not just easy answer.

@Grey: But still Lance, has been nails. That changeup has really come along.
A month or so ago that Stros announcers were talking about how he changed his routine on the road so he has less down time before taking the mound. Results have been great since.

@Grey: tie games are leverage situations, this isn’t same thing as the utter stupidity of putting them in when losing by a score of probably more than 2. epitome of it is how completely awful aj ramos is this year in non saves vs saves. and nearly all of his bad stats were in situations where the WORST RP should’ve been in the game (i.e. down 5 or more). and as far as that utter b.s. “he needed some work” line, is that serious. you can’t just have him throw to his teamates in a practice session or a bullpen session?